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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Northern Mariana Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
98
285
536
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
97
284
535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
72
245
486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
70
242
481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
68
236
468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
147
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
30
137
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
30
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
5
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Mariana Islands
2 Families width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Fiddler crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18516SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Mariana Islands
5 Genera with 14 Species
Gelasimus Latreille, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18485SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1897Ghost Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1975Fiddler crab2SpeciesTaxom
Venitus Barnes, 18221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Mariana Islands
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Gelasimus jocelynae Shih, Naruse..., 2010Jocelyn's Fiddler Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) telescopicus Owen, 1839
Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) definitus Adams & White, 1849
Macrophthalmus (Venitus) latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)⇒ Venitus latreillei Desmarest, 1822
Macrophthalmus verreauxi (H. Milne Edw..., 1848)⇒ Macrophthalmus telescopicus Owen, 1839
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897
Uca (Gelasimus) neocultrimana Bott, 1973
Uca vocans pacificensis (Crane, 1975)⇒ Uca neocultrimana Bott, 1973
Venitus latreillei Desmarest, 1822

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Northern Mariana Islands
FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ocypodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodoidea at itis.gov
Ocypodoidea at marinespecies.org